I was in 9th grade English class, and we had to perform scenes from Shakespeare's Romeo and Julliet in groups of about 5 or 6. My group was assigned Act 1, Scene 1. I should add that this was in the first month or so of high school, and I barely knew anyone. So anyway, there we were, reading our lines from the books. I, of course, was Capulet. I had never read the scene prior to this, so I had no idea that the line was coming. In retrospect, it's pretty obvious that the "ho!" was a battle cry of sorts, and not a derogatory familiar term. Without even thinking about it, I brazenly read:

Give me my long sword, ho...!

...with my tone of voice clearly indicating that I was, in fact, speaking to Lady Capulet, the ho. Needless to say, everyone else in the group burst out laughing. When we eventually performed the scene in front of the class, I had to just omit the infamous line altogether, lest we all lose it during the performance.